Residents in two villages near the Ontario border have been ordered to evacuate as wildfires continue to spread
Officials in northwestern Quebec have ordered residents of two villages near the Ontario border to leave their homes as a wildfire continues to spread in the area.
Local officials said winds blew the flames away from the village Friday night but that a fire currently burning in Ontario continues to head towards the area and that the two fires will likely become a single blaze. In Obedjiwan, an Atikamekw community, officials encouraged people not to go into the forest to check on their cabins.“I’m closely monitoring the current wildfires in the Haute-Mauricie region and I’m in contact with the authorities,” Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne tweeted in response to the video.Quebec’s wilderness firefighting agency said five new fires were reported in the province Friday.
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